For our Christmas celebration this year, my sister came up with the idea that we should have a bake-off. The only criteria of the bake-off being that each person bring a dessert they had never before made. Now, my normal holiday dessert is Tiramisu, which I love, and which normally gets pretty good reviews, mostly… Continue Reading
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Happy Holidays
I wanted to wish you all a happy holiday season while I’m between baking tasks. I have been reading August Escoffier’s autobiography the last few days. If you aren’t familiar with him, he is a French chef who worked in the late 1800s and early 1900s. His legacy is frequently cited as that of having… Continue Reading
Nothing says Happy Holidays quite like a Pan di Toni
This holiday season, I’m giving a little more baking cheer than material cheer, though I suppose that the baking cheer could result in an extra pound or two on the midsection of those receiving apple cake, assorted cookies, and – a new addition to my baking repertoire, one which also happens to fulfill my yeast-bread-a-week… Continue Reading
Extra-Gingery Gingerchews
I’d like to call these cookies gingersnaps, but that would be a misnomer. These ginger cookies don’t snap at all. They chew. And they chew good, if you don’t mind my saying so. I’ve been making them around the holidays for the past eight or so years, and every time I pawn them off on… Continue Reading
P is for Party and Prosecco: Cavit Lunetta Prosecco
And P is also for Pizza, which, if you’re trying to figure out a low-cost party concept for the holidays, happens to pair well with Prosecco. I’ve long been a fan of Prosecco, Italy’s sparkling white wine, and would always serve a cocktail of limoncello and Prosecco to dinner guests as they’d arrive at my… Continue Reading